Internship Socioculture m/f/d 60%, limited to 6 months

The city of Illnau-Effretikon - located between Winterthur and Zurich - offers attractive conditions for around 18,000 residents with its rural and urban areas, hamlets, centers, and the historic village of Kyburg.

The Socioculture Illnau-Effretikon operates the Effretikon youth center and Funky Illnau as leisure meeting points with needs-oriented offers. In addition, we carry out participatory, social space-oriented projects with young people and run a counseling and info studio. As a second pillar, we are responsible for projects and offers for all age groups such as candle making, flea markets, or multigenerational lunch tables and participate in city projects to enhance public spaces. As the Socioculture department, we value professionalism, continuous development, and networking. Besides needs and social space orientation, we adhere to the basic principles of openness, voluntariness, participation, and low-threshold access.

To complement our team, we offer from September 1, 2026, or by arrangement a

• Accompanying, advising, and triaging adolescents and young adults in the youth center, in the studio, and during mobile projects
• Collaborating on projects for other age groups and on city projects to enhance public spaces
• Project management and development of existing or new projects in socioculture
• Participation in regular team meetings and supervisions
• Networking with other sociocultural players

• are looking for a professionally supervised training position during your studies in sociocultural animation or social work. 
• can arrange your working days between Wednesday and Saturday.
• have interest and joy in sociocultural activities and working with young people. 
• convince us with sociability, teamwork skills, creativity, and a high understanding of different life worlds.
• are also happy to work evenings and weekends.